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rich one'
of the,r
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t r i s Mpeto he sou thWe- tquarter, f sc
Te.AJens-'Xar'ai-utiCoipahy ha~s a 5ii
Barr l?well 1n itt. 'nitilteat son the
- northeast-quarter of acton15-2 -.,Kay
*Te aster'n cdi Company - aa &..
berrel w~ell1nintsa eousteenthdoampletinn
on the 94-oU t a4arter of-section 12 -TESTS IN:SI4~T'AlG ECOUTNTYi
ARE. VERY PROMISIG=
lSpecial tnI e News.
Nocona, Texas. Oct. 2.--There has
been=:: ore q or-lesattention to,this seeC
tion22ythebgolcmaisifCth
t'r ~golL;naissnetethree tstwells have been going-down.
The "g eoogist of the-se-companies are in
sad ut 'requntly wachlng ~the differ-_
ent fornaationg.Yesterday afternoon the Williams _we-it-i
sassed ths-oc.i h another stratum of -oil,
sand-at,about 900f3 eeL; This is:the best
indictions ryet shown. une gooiit 2said.
Thls We ll is about -seven m ie s north of
Nocona.
There is another well about twelve
miles northeast 01 Nocona, being putt
down by the Lecaver Valley Oil, Company
and fa~vorable reports come from them.
The Blx Six Oil well, about eight railes
southwest of Nocona, is also progressing
with good indications.
The-lands are being leased' rapidly and
It is hoped that "Montague County will lie
tested thoroughly this winter.
WILL SUNK FIVE TEST
WELLS NEAR FORT STOCKTON.
Specilal in The 1News.
Stit Angelo, Texas, Oct. 12. -Oil development ailong the Pecos River will
gain new Impetus next week when Philadelphia operators vis.it Fort Stockton to
select the sites for five deep test wells
that will be started before Jan.' 1. Three
wells are now being drilled in Pe-coa
County, two by- the E. A. Reilly Acreage
Company of Wichita, Kan., andanother
by the ilenzie Oil and Gas Company of
Tulsa, Ok.
Traces of Oil Are Found.
Special' to The N ews.
Snyder, Texas, Oct. - 12.-Parties here
white drawing some casing Thursday at
tfhe oil' digging near Dunn found traces
of oil that had accumulated during' the
last'- weekg that-the drill has not been
Working.
id -depth, some
are no reports
pool' at Burkb
Shows the Coi
rarlous wells:
-is fl-.ith
iett. the
Lions 'as
tOil No.
sand at
k No.;1,,Gee No.!y No. 1,
3, same
Colon)pipe at
Y, Crop
G tovernment eommassdeers AUS Prunes
jibt> 0 iz~e, Ae-trdfipg to Adce F ro -- Co a1 Packers.--
The provstuns market -re-maine- very.
fa:,wthlidet& meats and -belile sligh l'1y
igo -. The maret on. cheese. is also
v.ery e?te-n 1).uti g pricea extreely
nigo_
_ -s sa sligt incr assin receipts
o. p~ttv ported. giby local dealers,
wit. attn art emanixd and an -easier marhet, which n s ' in sympathy.with those
9. _anstern _eoters.-The situation
I U negs.. 5 Dr acv;icaliY unchanged, with
-; rla ifrl lnt11dem~and good.
ntad of any horse that. tile~overntoe-nt allo e- og additional -supplies 'of
pruines being -converted into commercial
channels,' the reverse seems to be the
case, according to advices front pake-s
on the Pacific coast. information from
these sotirces is that the Government has
now commandeered all prunes larger
than lOs with the exception of- Oregon;10s. This seemo to cut the prune propo
sition out entirely so far as the civilian
use is concerned, for anything smaller
than lO0e-, it is claimed, will be difficult
to interest the public in, even though
Pyrunes' may be in much demand. It was
at fii-st hoped that after the Government
survey- it would- not. be necessary to
commandeer 'such large quantities from
comniercial 'channels, but the contrary
Appears to be the case.,ln fact, it seems
K us 11 the worst reports of crop damages
that conic to hand earlier were not exaigger-oted.j In addition, the enlarged
army requirements has had much to tlo
with the, Government's action, is the
opinion8.
DALLAS WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Packing-House: Products.
Selling: prices In,- Dallas to retailers: DRY
SAiLT
[email protected].,DRY SALT BELi.IELS----1S-20s $207 Ot30.50. BACON EXTRAS-.$3o.;oaj1-5l.ll.BACON.BELLIES-1-Dise.$33.500h+
3-.0o. PURE LAR-2 t~:lac lb. SHORTEN iN G
-241/,i_ per lb. HIAMS-:l4r Die per lb. BREAIKPAST BACON--44%C@51c per lb. COOKING OIL
-Drains, white oil 22e per lb., yellow 22 ~jc i-er
lb.; half drumis o,~ ver, druai; wood barreis %c
ever tirurns; case oaf two 5-gal. canls '.c over
drams-. J
Fresh Vegetables.
Prices quoted. to retailers: LE~TTUCE-$1.00
lie-i' )ie-t.; per, crate $:i.7:,. CAI3BAGE-41/A.c per
lb.' FRiESH1 VEGETABLES-Per lb.: Green peptiers J'i~c, squash l0c, cauliflower liec, eggplant
8c. ler doz, hunches: Greet nonas 4:,c. earrots 4Gk, beats tile-; onions 8%Ym@4t/sc per lb. /IRISH
POTATOES-White:l1/ (t 4 ye er lb.: awe-t poah
oes Sc par lb. TOMATOES-qatifarola $2.10 per
lug. CELERY-0e- per bunch.
Fresh Flruits.
Selling prices in Dallas to retailers: BANANAS-$310@ 4, 7 per bunch. LIMES-$1.20 per
be-kI. LEMON S-$6.50 per box:' ORANGES-'
Caifornia $10.0011,00e per box. APPLESt3.000i373 per box. PEARS-s2.7s per box.
CA JIFORNIA
[email protected] per crate.
PLU U1S-$3,00 per crate.
Dnary Products.
Selling prices In Dallas to retailers: BUTTER
-Northern creamiery, 143-az. Ce-c: Texas creamery,
10-aoz. STe. DOMESTIC CREAM CHEESE-36c
icr lb.: Domestic Swiss t3e-, brick 37c-. EVAPORATED Mt.LK--Baby $4.500C,50, tall $6110.
CONDENSED
[email protected] per case.
Poultry and Eggs.
Prices paid by De-ias wholesalers to Interior
shippers: HENS-22c per lb. RIOOSTERS-13
i14e-. BROILERS-Small medium 25T25c per
Iii. TURKEYS-l2e- ter lb. DUCKS--Full-feathered and grown $5.006.f'5.50 per doz. GUINEAS
-$3.00 per doz. GEESE-St~aprd-_e0 pterodez.
t u US[Vlt;V7 i4 51.5! ttle ss CalveAre.Net. --1
Spca to.The' ews,
Foart Worth, Texas; Oi
It Satturday. anaritemt- pt-eva
Yards.today. - Receipts
11,500;cattle and 500 a.Quoted as- bbing..atbut
Wlv th only 110 hogs oil
tile market -was not quc
Comparative receipts:
S Cattle-Catv
Today.-.1,500 n
Week ago.. 513231Ya D
OctobIer receipts: Si
Cat-tle'-. """..,.. ~i
hugs-....... 1
Horses and mules....i
Rece-ipts frinoJan. 5 1
Cattle'........1,069,
Calves.1.
Hogs......... 21.955
Hot-ses n mutes..... 38,
The followinlg quotations
Irange of this market on the
Beefj Steers-Choice to. p
14.00. good to choice $11.51
good.O9e-O]1il5o, fait- to
c Alitmottto fair $5.1O5U(-00'
/Dutacher Stock--Choi-e to
8.50.' goody Io choice 'cows $7
g-oodiirows $(i.l0v7001, cuti'
viauale cowe-s $-.75te3.50, sge
$9l.SUv 11.110, l I Jr o good
ctotolt to 'air heifer's $111101
bulls $ll.50Qv,7.e0. fair to go
comont to ftirt-bulls $5.00l01
Calve-s and Yea rllga--Gc
weight $10.00ll,10-t.5, lair
811.00(4410.00, ge-od to chol c
fair to goad heavy $116,00k?6
East 'Teas.
Stockiers-Good feedere
good stockterste-es$5!0008}.
$0l.0096s.00, goad stocker
commion to good $5.00(61i.00,
$11.5016t7.50, collm-on to got
to choice calve-s $7.50(865.11
Hogs--Good to choice he-av
to choice lighitweight $17.756;
nmediuinm $17.511(t1785, fair 1o
5i;17.50, c.ommllon to 'fair it
17.0,).' coammon 10 fair East
pigs $t.eof 14.111, razorback
She-epi and iLambs-Spring I.c14.ow~rrls.e-o, fair to good
titles$l11@fr12tlO, colts $
goodi to-choice 8t.506103.0
1,11; elves, goad to choice
good $.ylltl1sb. 50. culls $1100)
1;5.50; goals, site-ca Angora
cante$-.50t1)5,50, lbrushers $
Repr'eseentativ-e sales:
Southiern SteeraAdditianal sales Friday:
No. Av. Price. No. Av. Pt
22..1,011$11.00 10.. 770 $6
Southern Cows2.. 7-11 6.10 '1. 707 C,
Additional sales Friday:
12.. S8i6 8.10 31.. 728 7.
82.. 5:)8 5.85 23.. 882 5.
Native Cows
Pigs--
20... 107 13.00 4.. 95 13.
Sheep274 ceen- - -
No. C drilli1,8anI
Goodloe Ne:
ig at 1,10
nt No. 1, wa'
1 in; Ge-las
i-luing" at.1,20
Styles No.,
)dutl'ton Cal.
luing at 1,69
'4. drillir
Ayers No.
Goodwin No.:
on; et al, Rot
rdin Oil Car
ing at 1,62
as No., 1, drfl
mpany, Woo;rml&D
1,&20; Lail
1, drilling
& Ct enaul
1,210. No.,
aer, Stamfo'
Mann e t a
460; Mann-N,
awn at 1.66
er No. 2,' dil
Sat 85, o.
fling -at,60
Barker No.
-Beacit No.
Hlardin No.
nig
co.
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It10:
1,i
3i.
Refineries Make Progress.
Special to The News.
-Electra, Texas, Oct. 11.-The, two new
refimere- are- progressing nicely and
other new wells are being brought in
around Electra, making it sure of continued materials -to 'work on.
An extra deep well going down northwye-st of. Electra is being watched with
great interest; also others in the South-we7 L
Reserve Bank Statement..41,
1, _Washington.Oct. 12.-Activity of the' Federai
by Reserve Banks In -financing the Liberty 'loanop- orations of the member banks, largely through
0: the discount of their notes secured by- United
11- States war loan obligations, Is noted in the
ids wleekly, fin-ancal statement of the Reserve Board.
11- The bank's condition at the close of business
ue Thursday was re-parted as follows:.at RecaurcestTotal gold held by banks-.'......... $827,471,000
13 Total gold reserve........2,03,0,000)
Total reserves..................2, 08, 35, 00
rd Total bills on -hand.............. 2,0!3,08,000.1.. Total earning assets.............. 4,87,04,000l
a- Total resources..................1,011,134,000
i6; Liabilities:;
1-. Total gross deposits-...........,31,89,000
4 - Total liabilities..........511,134,00
6; Ratio 'of total reserves to nti- deposits and Fedoral Reserve niote liabilities combined 50.6 per
1 cent. t
Ratio of gold reserves to Federal- Reserve notes
1,in actuasl-circulation after setting aside 33 per
n-1l cent against net deposit liabilities 60.0 per cent.
at
11- Wekl Financial Review.
)Ul -New.-_Toe-k, OcL 1.-On:a very.-pronounced
at' expansion opertilbas' in the stock market this
ng week underwent further readjustment"of quoted
1, values a~s a result of foreign military and p0 -&e- litical developments. The! cleavage between so0; called war ahares and those most likely In be
at strengthened by, the -collapse of the central powers -became more marked, shipplags, oils' ant
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